262 PHYLLODY 



Triumfetta, sp. ! Melilotus, sp. 



Lychnis dioica. Medicago, ap. 



Cerastium, sp. ! Lonicera Periclymenum. 



Dictamnus Fraxinella ! Carduus heterophyllus. 



CerasuB avium. tatai-icus. 



vulgaris ! Scrophularia aquatica, 



Rosa, var, cult. ! Symphytum ofhcinalo. 



Daucus Carota ! Anchusa ochroleuca. 



Heracleum, sp. paniculata. 



Epilobium hirsutum ! *Primula sinensis ! 



Lathyiiis latifolius. Salix babylonica. 



Tiifolium repens ! Hyacinthus, sp. 



hy Dridum. Tulipa, sp. 



Some of the above are probably cases of mere 

 virescence ratber than of pbyllody. For further illus- 

 trations, references to authorities, &c., see under 

 Chloranthy, Virescence, Prolification, &c. 



Phyllody of the ovules. Pending the settlement of the 

 existing dififerences of opinion with reference to the 

 morphological nature of the ovule and its component 

 parts, much interest attaches to the malformations to 

 which they are occasionally subject. Considered purely 

 in a teratological point of view, it seems clear that the 

 ovular coats are usually, if not always, of foliar nature, 

 while the central nucleus is an axial organ ; but if this 

 be so there still remains the question whether the 

 leafy coats of the ovule are processes of the carpel 

 itself, or distinct independent formations, like the 

 scales of a leaf-bud ; as to this latter point, the evi- 

 dence is at present very conflicting. Prof. Al. Braun, 

 who has devoted much attention to the subject, de- 

 scribes and figures ovules of Nigella and Adonis, 

 wherein the outer coat of the ovule was converted 

 into a leafy, lobed mass, like the ordinary leaves, and 

 these he considers to be a portion, not of the carpel, 

 but of the ovular bud ; he, however, hesitates to pro- 

 nounce an opinion on the nature of the pedicel of the 

 ovule. In Primidacece, wherein ovular changes are 

 very common, the leafy coat of the ovule would seem, 

 from the nature of the placenta, to be independent of 

 the carpel. Morren, who studied the changes in the 



